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The Department of State has released instructions for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-2002) Visa Program. The DV
lottery provides 55,000 immigrant visas to people under-represented in the overall mix of immigrants coming to
the United States. Each year several million people apply for the limited number of visas. Only the winners
are notified. People born in the countries sending the most immigrants to the United States are not eligible.
Ineligible this year are people born in Canada, China (mainland-born or Macau), Colombia, Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, UK (except Northern Ireland)
and Vietnam. If you were born anywhere else in the world and seek a green card-apply, but remember that
this is a lottery. Do not abandon or neglect other potential avenues to reach your goal.

Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-2002) Visa Program
The Department of State releases information on the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) category during Fiscal
Year 2002. Entries for the DV-2002 mail-in period must be received at the Kentucky Consular Center
mailing address between noon (Eastern Time) on Monday, October 2, 2000, and noon (Eastern Time) on
Wednesday, November 1, 2000.

INS Extends Memoranda of Understanding for Fines Mitigation
Carriers may enter into Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with INS which provide for mitigation of fines related
to transporting passengers without passports or visas. By signing these MOUs, the carriers agree to perform
measures aimed at intercepting improperly documented aliens at foreign ports-of-embarkation. The notice extends
the expiration date of the MOUs until September 30, 2001.

Rep. Conyers Introduces "Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Law Act of 2000'' in the House of Representatives
Rep. Conyers read a summary of H.R. 4966, the "Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Law Act of 2000," to the House
of Representatives. This bill would reverse many of the changes made by IIRIRA including restoring judicial review,
allowing discretionary waivers for minor felonies, reducing the length of bars to inadmissibility, making 245(i)
permanent, restoring discretionary determination for voluntary departure, and eliminating time limits on asylum
applications.

Two Immigration Bills Introduced and Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Two bills, H.R. 5061, to provide for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to protect the interests under Federal
immigration law of certain alien minor children present in the US without a parent or other legal guardian and
H.R. 5062, to establish the eligibility of certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence for cancellation
of removal under section 240A of the Immigration and Nationality Act were introduced and referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.

Letter From Carmen Sabria Re: Elian Gonzalez
A constituent letter introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. McKeon provides another perspective on the
Elian Gonzalez case and highlights many of the freedoms Americans take for granted.

INS Should Focus its Efforts on Tourists, Not Students
An opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal argues that even though some foreign students have no intention of returning
home, Congress's program that targets foreign students does not make this the best use of INS resources.

Wave of Armenian Immigrants Expected
The Los Angeles Times reports that an influx of about 1,000 Armenian immigrants who were residing in Austria will arrive in Los Angeles next week.

Taft Gets Deportation Case
The Beacon Journal reports that the fate of a 22-year-old man who faces deportation to a country he has not lived in
for fourteen years is now in the hands of Gov. Bob Taft of Ohio after the parole board recommended clemency. This
case is the fourth clemency case involving deportation that the governor has been asked to decide in the last 18
months.

Politics Blocks Solution to Labor Shortage
According to an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, the simple act of increasing the number of temporary
visas from the 65,000 has become stuck in the politics of immigration. The White House, in addition to asking
Congress to approve more H-1B visas, has asked Congress to grant an amnesty to hundreds of thousands of immigrants
who have been living in the US illegally for many years.

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